Meta AI vs. You.com: data protection per plan
Meta AI (4 plans) and You.com (3 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Meta AI | You.com |
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| Provider based in | Meta Model API: contracting party Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or, for users in the European Region, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland | SuSea, Inc., 417 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA |
| Plans recorded | 4 | 3 |
| Hosting | not documented: all 4 plans | US only: all 3 plans |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: Meta AI, Muse Code subscriptionno: Meta Model API - Standardyes: Meta Model API - Contributor | no: all 3 plans |
| DPA | not documented: Meta AIyes: Muse Code subscription, Meta Model API - Standardno: Meta Model API - Contributor | not documented: Free, Pay as you goyes: Enterprise |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Meta AI Meta AI vs. You.com Free
| Feature | Meta AIMeta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps) | You.comFree (Web Search API via MCP) |
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| not publicly documented | not publicly documented | |
| Details: DPA available | not publicly documented (the Meta AI Terms of Service (EU) are a consumer contract with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and refer to Meta's privacy policy for personal data; processor terms are not mentioned there) | not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA. |
| differs by plan | opt-out available | no |
| Details: Training on inputs | Privacy Center 'How Meta uses information for generative AI models' (translated) (q9): training sources include 'interactions with features that are part of AI at Meta' (translated), public information in Meta products, internet content and licensed data. Private messages to friends and family are not used unless they are knowingly shared with the AIs. There is a right to object to the use of interactions with AI at Meta and of public information (via the account or regional forms according to the Privacy Center; applies to future training). In the UK and the EU, no public information from accounts of under-18s. | Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'. |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | US only |
| Details: Data residency | not publicly documented on the retrieved pages. | Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented. |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | list available |
| Details: List published | not publicly documented |
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| differs by plan | not publicly documented | Privacy notice: account and profile data… |
| Details: Data retention | not publicly documentedMeta AI Terms of Service (EU): 'When information is shared with AIs, the AIs sometimes store and use that information.' (translated) Interactions may be reviewed automatically or manually; no periods are stated | Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | free |
| Details: Price | not publicly documented on the retrieved pages | Free (pricing page) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (Meta AI assistant in Meta products and on meta.ai; part of 'AI at Meta' (translated) according to the Privacy Center) | yes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account) |
| 2 sources | 7 sources | |
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Contract / DPA
- Meta AI Meta AInot publicly documented
- You.com Freenot publicly documented
- Meta AI Meta AI
not publicly documented (the Meta AI Terms of Service (EU) are a consumer contract with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and refer to Meta's privacy policy for personal data; processor terms are not mentioned there)
You.com Freenot publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
Training
- differs by plan
- Meta AI Meta AIopt-out available
- You.com Freeno
- Meta AI Meta AI
Privacy Center 'How Meta uses information for generative AI models' (translated) (q9): training sources include 'interactions with features that are part of AI at Meta' (translated), public information in Meta products, internet content and licensed data. Private messages to friends and family are not used unless they are knowingly shared with the AIs. There is a right to object to the use of interactions with AI at Meta and of public information (via the account or regional forms according to the Privacy Center; applies to future training). In the UK and the EU, no public information from accounts of under-18s.
You.com FreePrivacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Meta AI Meta AInot publicly documented
- You.com FreeUS only
- Meta AI Meta AI
not publicly documented on the retrieved pages.
You.com FreeTerms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
Sub-processors
- differs by plan
- Meta AI Meta AInot publicly documented
- You.com Freelist available
- Meta AI Meta AInot publicly documentedYou.com Free
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
Retention
- differs by plan
- Meta AI Meta AInot publicly documented
- You.com FreePrivacy notice: account and profile data…
- Meta AI Meta AInot publicly documentedMeta AI Terms of Service (EU): 'When information is shared with AIs, the AIs sometimes store and use that information.' (translated) Interactions may be reviewed automatically or manually; no periods are statedYou.com FreePrivacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.'
Price
- differs by plan
- Meta AI Meta AInot publicly documented
- You.com Freefree
- Meta AI Meta AI
not publicly documented on the retrieved pages
You.com FreeFree (pricing page)
- Meta AI Meta AIyes
- You.com Freeyes
- Meta AI Meta AI
yes (Meta AI assistant in Meta products and on meta.ai; part of 'AI at Meta' (translated) according to the Privacy Center)
You.com Freeyes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account)
Evidence
- Meta AI Meta AI2 sources
- You.com Free7 sources
- Meta AI Meta AI
- Privacy Center: How Meta uses information for generative AI models and features (German)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Meta AI Terms of Service (EU) (effective from 2026-05-13)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
You.com Free- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
| Feature | Meta AI | You.com |
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| differs by tool | not publicly documentedall 4 plans | US onlyall 3 plans |
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| list availableall 3 plans |
| Details: List published |
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| Privacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans |
| Details: Data retention |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by tool
- Meta AI
- not publicly documentedMeta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
- yesMuse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage), Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
- noMeta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
- You.com
- not publicly documentedFree (Web Search API via MCP), Pay as you go (API)
- yesEnterprise (custom)
- Meta AI
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
not publicly documented (the Meta AI Terms of Service (EU) are a consumer contract with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and refer to Meta's privacy policy for personal data; processor terms are not mentioned there)
- Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
yes, if Contributor mode is switched off: section 5 of the terms of use applies to Standard Services 'including where you have changed your Account setting under a Coding Harness Subscription' (then MGPT, Meta as processor). In the preset Contributor mode, the Contributor terms apply (section 6, no personal data).
- Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
yes: For Standard Services, the terms of use (section 5.1) incorporate the 'Meta Global Processor Terms' (MGPT, as of 2026-03-20) and the data security terms; Meta acts as processor. For European data, Europe-specific MGPT terms and an addendum on global data transfer apply.
Provider’s DPA - Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
no (the processor terms are incorporated in section 5 only for Standard Services; terms of use 6.2: no sensitive, confidential or personal information may be submitted to discounted services)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Enterprise (custom)
yes: public 'SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum' (you.com/dpa, 'Last updated: December 12, 2025', linked in the footer of the pricing page); in the Trust Center, 'You.com DPA - March 2025' and 'You.com DPA - Security Addendum' are also available to view. According to its text, the DPA becomes part of the Master Subscription Agreement or another written/electronic agreement. Pricing page: 'DPA-ready'.
Provider’s DPA - Pay as you go (API)
not publicly documented whether a DPA applies to this plan. According to its text, the public DPA (you.com/dpa, as of 2025-12-12) becomes part of the 'Master Subscription Agreement or other written electronic agreements' with the signing customer; the 'You.com MSA (Online)' linked on the pricing page (version December 2025), which is accepted by clicking or by using the platform, does not refer to the DPA.
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
Training
- differs by tool
- Meta AI
- opt-out availableMeta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps), Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
- noMeta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
- yesMeta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
- You.comnoall 3 plans
- Meta AI
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
Privacy Center 'How Meta uses information for generative AI models' (translated) (q9): training sources include 'interactions with features that are part of AI at Meta' (translated), public information in Meta products, internet content and licensed data. Private messages to friends and family are not used unless they are knowingly shared with the AIs. There is a right to object to the use of interactions with AI at Meta and of public information (via the account or regional forms according to the Privacy Center; applies to future training). In the UK and the EU, no public information from accounts of under-18s.
- Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
Subscription docs: Muse Code subscriptions are in Contributor mode by default ('default to Contributor mode'); content is then used to train future Meta models. The mode can be switched off in the settings at any time; thereafter, future content is not used for training.
- Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
Terms of use (as of 2026-10-09, 5.1): Meta does not use content from Standard Services to train Meta models. Pricing page: 'In Standard mode, you pay standard prices and your content is not used to train Meta models.' Data commitments: content from paid services is not used for training; customer data (account, roles, profile fields) in no case.
- Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
Pricing page: Contributor mode 'at heavily discounted token prices, in exchange for permission to use your content to train future Meta models'. Terms of use (section 6): content of discounted services may be used by Meta for training.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- Enterprise (custom)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. Additionally with ZDR: requests are not used for training, not sold to third parties and not sent to Google or Bing (documentation). MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5).
- Pay as you go (API)
Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): You.com does not use the content of prompts, files or generated outputs for training or fine-tuning its own models; contracts with the providers of the integrated language models prohibit them from training on this content, 'except where you have separately opted in'. De-identified and aggregated content may be used for other purposes. Zero Data Retention documentation: requests are not used for training. The statements are not differentiated by plan. MSA (Online, December 2025) 3.4.3: You.com uses Customer Data (Prompts and Output) only 'as necessary to provide Customer with the Services, comply with applicable law, and for safety purposes'; Platform Analyses (statistical usage data without identifying Customer Data) may be used for product development (6.5). By contrast, section 4.5 of the terms of use (as of 2024-08-27) permits the use of Content 'to: (a) provide, maintain, train and improve the Services'; the privacy notice governs which rule prevails in the event of a conflict only for Enterprise customers and 'Paid Subscriber's subscription terms'.
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
Hosting
- differs by tool
- Meta AInot publicly documentedall 4 plans
- You.comUS onlyall 3 plans
- Meta AI
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
not publicly documented on the retrieved pages.
- Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
Region: not publicly documented. According to the docs, subscription features and availability may vary by region.
- Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
Region and EU option for the API: not publicly documented. Terms of use (section 6): 'Meta does not receive, determine, or route traffic based on location of your End Users'. The sub-processor list linked in section 5 names data centre operators predominantly in the USA as well as in Denmark, Sweden and Ireland; which of them are used for the Model API is not stated. Model docs: 'Model availability can vary by country' (reference to the Geographic Use Policy).
- Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
Region and EU option: not publicly documented.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Enterprise (custom)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Pay as you go (API)
Terms of use (as of 2024-08-27, Section 2.3): 'We are based in the United States and the Services are provided from the United States.' Privacy notice (as of 2026-09-22): 'We use Amazon Web Services for various content hosting'. Trust Center (sub-processor list): all cloud/hosting providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas) with location 'United States'. EU option: not publicly documented.
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
Sub-processors
- differs by tool
- Meta AI
- not publicly documentedMeta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps), Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage), Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
- list availableMeta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
- You.comlist availableall 3 plans
- Meta AI
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)not publicly documented
- Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)not publicly documented
- Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
- According to the list linked in the terms of use (title 'Meta Horizon Managed Solutions – List of Sub-processors' (translated), valid from 2023-11-13): data centre infrastructure by Andale, Greater Kudu, Goldframe, Morning Hornet, Offprints, Omanyte, Paile, Raven Northbrook, Scout Development, Siculus, Sidecat, Stadion, Starbelt, Vitesse, Winner (d/b/a Ernst), Woolhawk (each USA), Cassin Networks (Denmark), Pinnacle Sweden (Sweden), Runways Information Services (Ireland)
- Meta subsidiaries according to the same list: Meta Platforms, Inc. and Meta Operations, LLC (USA), Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Ireland), Meta Canada, Meta France, Meta Germany, Meta Italy, Meta Netherlands, Meta Poland, Meta Spain, Meta UK, Meta Singapore, Meta Platforms International Operations Philippines
- Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)not publicly documented
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Enterprise (custom)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
- Pay as you go (API)
- According to the Trust Center (sub-processor list, 24 entries; location 'United States' in each case, no location for Coralogix and Gong): cloud/infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (also LLM provider, according to the list 'with Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Microsoft Azure, Vercel, MongoDB Atlas (database), Confluent (Kafka infrastructure for user events), Cloudflare (CDN, security, DNS)
- LLM/model providers according to the Trust Center: Anthropic, OpenAI, Together.ai, Fireworks.AI (each 'Zero Data Retention and Zero Data Training'), Cohere (without this addition), Baseten (model serving), Modal (sandbox), Anchor Browser
- Others according to the Trust Center: Osano (privacy operations), Descope (identity/accounts), Moesif (billing analytics), Coralogix (observability/logs), Tableau (product analytics), Stripe (payments), Braze and HubSpot (marketing/CRM), Gong (sales)
- Privacy notice: AWS 'for various content hosting'; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for analytics; Stripe for payment processing
- In addition, 'Supplemental Subprocessors.xlsx' in the Trust Center only on access request; content not publicly documented
Retention
- differs by tool
- Meta AI
- not publicly documentedMeta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps), Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
- Terms of useMeta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go), Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
- You.comPrivacy notice: account and profile data…all 3 plans
- Meta AI
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)not publicly documentedMeta AI Terms of Service (EU): 'When information is shared with AIs, the AIs sometimes store and use that information.' (translated) Interactions may be reviewed automatically or manually; no periods are stated
- Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)not publicly documentedthe retention rules of the terms of use, section 4.4 or 6.1, apply, without fixed periods
- Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)Terms of use (4.4): retention of content and usage data to the extent necessary for the services, legal obligations, the exercise of rights or in the case of flagged policy violations; fixed periods not stated. Content can be viewed and deleted via the account (data commitments). Zero Data Retention for qualified organisations on request via sales: prompts and responses are not stored after the response, except where legally required or in the case of abuse; in the case of violations of the Acceptable Use Policy, retention for up to 2 years (Help Center).
- Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)Terms of use (6.1): Meta may retain content to comply with laws, to exercise the usage rights under section 6 and in the case of flagged policy violations; fixed periods not stated.
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.'
- Enterprise (custom)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' According to the documentation, ZDR applies to the Web Search API and Answer API and is activated by You.com on request (no self-service switch). MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
- Pay as you go (API)Privacy notice: account and profile data are stored for as long as the account is active, user content and usage data for as long as necessary for provision and security; data subject to a deletion request until that request has been processed; the notice does not state fixed periods. Different periods or Zero Data Retention under the Enterprise contract take precedence. With ZDR (Enterprise, on request), requests and responses are processed only briefly for handling and are not stored permanently; pricing page: 'All queries and responses are automatically purged and never stored.' MSA (Online) 11.4: after the end of the contract, 30 calendar days of access to retrieve Customer Data upon written notice, after which You.com will 'promptly delete Customer Data'.
Price
- differs by tool
- Meta AI
- not publicly documentedMeta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
- Flat monthly price in USDMuse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
- per tokenMeta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go), Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
- You.com
- freeFree (Web Search API via MCP)
- customEnterprise (custom)
- several tiersPay as you go (API)
- Meta AI
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
not publicly documented on the retrieved pages
- Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
Flat monthly price in USD (Help Center 'What is a Muse Code subscription?'): Everyday Usage USD 5/month, High Usage USD 15/month (5x usage), Power Usage USD 50/month (20x), Maximum Usage USD 200/month (80x); automatic monthly renewal; not stated whether VAT is included. According to the docs, benefits and availability may vary by region.
- Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
Per 1M tokens, in USD (pricing page): Muse Spark input USD 1.25, cached input USD 0.15, output USD 4.25; Muse Wonder input USD 4.00, cached input USD 0.20, output USD 20.00; no surcharge for long context. Muse Image USD 0.01 per image; Muse Voice Transcribe USD 0.18 per hour (ZDR at the same price); web search grounding USD 2.50 per 1,000 search queries; SAM 3.1 USD 2.50 per 1,000 images, USD 0.20 per 1,000 video frames; no minimum commitment. Taxes are added (terms of use 13.1: the customer bears applicable sales, value added or similar taxes).
- Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
Per 1M tokens, in USD (pricing page): input USD 0.10, cached input USD 0.002, output USD 0.20. Taxes are added (terms of use 13.1: the customer bears applicable sales, value added or similar taxes).
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
Free (pricing page)
- Enterprise (custom)
Custom (pricing page: 'Custom, Talk to our humans')
- Pay as you go (API)
Web Search API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Contents API 1 USD per 1,000 pages; Answer API 5 USD per 1,000 calls; Research API per 1,000 calls: Lite 12 USD, Standard 50 USD, Deep 100 USD, Exhaustive 450 USD, Frontier 1,200 USD; Finance Research Deep 110 USD, Exhaustive 500 USD per 1,000 calls; no minimum purchase, no platform fee (pricing page, in USD); according to MSA (Online) 5.8, the fees do not include any taxes, including value-added tax ('value-added')
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
- Meta AIyesall 4 plans
- You.comyesall 3 plans
- Meta AI
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
yes (Meta AI assistant in Meta products and on meta.ai; part of 'AI at Meta' (translated) according to the Privacy Center)
- Muse Code subscription (Everyday, High, Power, Maximum Usage)
yes (coding agent Muse Code with Muse Spark, Muse Wonder and Muse Image; Power and Maximum additionally Muse Wonder Full; use only via the Muse Code CLI)
- Meta Model API - Standard (pay-as-you-go)
yes (models muse-wonder-1.0 ('in preview' according to the model docs), muse-spark-1.3, -1.2, -1.1; image model Muse Image, Muse Voice Transcribe, SAM 3.1; web search grounding)
- Meta Model API - Contributor (discounted, training permitted)
yes (muse-spark-1.3-contributor, muse-spark-1.2-contributor; not for Muse Wonder and Muse Voice Transcribe)
You.com- Free (Web Search API via MCP)
yes (Web Search via MCP server, up to 100 requests per day, without API key or account)
- Enterprise (custom)
yes (all APIs; according to the pricing page, custom load capacity and SLA support)
- Pay as you go (API)
yes (Web Search, Contents, Answer, Research and Finance Research API; all endpoints, SDKs and MCP)
- Meta AI (consumer: meta.ai and Meta apps)
Evidence
- Meta AI12 sources
- You.com8 sources
- Meta AI
- Pricing and rate limits (Meta Model API)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Models (Meta Model API)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Meta Model API terms of use (as of 2026-10-09) (German)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data commitments (Meta Model API) (German)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Does Model API support Zero Data Retention (ZDR)?Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Meta Global Processor Terms (as of 2026-03-20)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- List of sub-processors (linked from the Model API terms of use; valid from 2023-11-13) (German)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Center: How Meta uses information for generative AI models and features (German)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Muse Code SubscriptionsPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Meta AI Terms of Service (EU) (effective from 2026-05-13)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- What is a Muse Code subscription?Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Meta Global Processor Terms: terms for the European Region (as of 2026-03-20)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
You.com- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-22)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms & Conditions (as of 2024-08-27)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Zero Data Retention (ZDR)Documentation, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – Resources (DPA, SOC 2 Type 2 Report)Trust Center, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- SuSea, Inc. Data Processing Addendum (as of 2025-12-12)DPA, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- You.com Master Services Agreement (Online), MSA v.121525 (December 2025)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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